Bicycle-cleaning stand



' (No Model.)

G A WRIGHT BIOYCLELGLEANING STAND.

' No. 556,076 Patented Mar. 10,1896.-

UNITED STATES PATENT- OFFICE- CHARLES A. IVRIGHT, OF SAN, FRANCISCO,CALIFORNIA.

BICYCLE-CLEANING S TAND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 556,076, dated March10, 1896. Application filed September 2'7, 1895. Serial No. 563,903. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES A. WRIGHT, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city and county of San Francisco, State of California,have invented an Improvement in Bicycle-Cleaning Stands; and I herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of thesame.

My invention relates to a means for sup porting bicycles in a reverseposition, so that they may be conveniently cleaned.

It consists in certain details of construction, which will be'more fullyexplained by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure lis a perspective view of my stand. Fig. 2 is a view of the clamp usedfor holding the handle-bars.

A is a rectangular framework made of sufficient length and width andvertical depth having supporting-legs B, which are preferably removableto allow the device to be packed into small compass. These legs are ofsuch height as to raise the frame A, so that when the bicycle is inplace upon it, it will be at a convenient elevation for cleaning. Alongthe inner sides of the stand near the top are made grooves or channels0.

D is a support for the saddle of the reversed machine. This supportconsists of a transverse strip or bar, preferably having the center ofthe upper side concaved or depressed, as shown, so that the saddle willrest in this depression at some point near the front, thus beingprevented from sliding from side to side during the work ,of cleaning.This transverse saddle-support D has its lower angles fitted with stripsD adapted to serve as guides, and it may thus be moved to anypoint tosuit the relative position of the saddle and the handle-bars, which aresupported, as hereinafter described, at the front, and as thesedistances vary in different machines, this adjustment of thesaddle-support makes the machine universal.

The front end of the frame A has fixed to it the adjustablehandle-supports. These supports consist of jaws E and F having a spindleE, which is turnable in a socket II. There are two of these jaws, onefor each handle-bar, and the socket-pieces H are secured to the end ofthe frame A, as shown, upon each side of the center. The swivels E allowthe jaws to turn to any desired position and thus adapt themselves tothe very numerous curvatures upon the handle-bars of different machines.

In order to clamp the handles firmly in place, I have shown the j awF asbeing hinged or pivoted to the fixed jaw E, so as to be movable to orfrom it and thus open or close the space between the upper ends. Thismovable jaw is adjusted and held by means of a screw G passing throughthe fixed jaw, which is screw-threaded to receive it, and by turningthis screw G the movable jaw F is released, so as to open and allow thehandles to be introduced, and it may afterward be closed up until thehandlebar is clamped between the two jaws and rigidly held.

The swiveling of the post E will, as before stated, allow the clamps toturn until they are in position to clamp the handle wherever itscurvature or handle may be, and when thus clamped with the saddleresting in the saddle-support D, the machine will be held rigidly andconveniently for the purposes of cleaning or for any work that may bedesired to do upon it. These clamps are preferably lined with chamois,leather or other soft material, so that they will not scratch thehandies.

In the lower portion of the frame near the front portion I have shown abox I, which is adapted to contain tools, cleaning-cloths, &c. and thisbox has a cover slidable in the grooves or channels 0, so that whenpushed back toward the rear it will expose the box and when moved to thefront it will close it. hen thus closed it may be locked or otherwisesecured to protect its contents.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A bicycle-stand consisting of a framework having a saddle-support atone end and swiveled clamps at the opposite end having opposing jaws toreceive and lock the handlebars.

2. A bicycle-support consisting of a framework having alongitudinally-adj ustable saddle-support at one end, swiveled clampsfixed at the opposite end adapted to receive and lock the handle-bars.

at. In a bicycle-stand, a frame having a longitudinally-adjustablesaddle-support at one end, clamps at the opposite end to receive thehandle-bars, said clamps consisting of vertically-swiveled curved jaws,one of said jaws being pivoted and movable with relation to the otherand a screw whereby the jaw is opened or closed in relation to itsfellow.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

CHARLES A. WRIGHT.

\Vitnesses:

S. H. NoURsn, JESSIE O. BRODIE.

